Thanks to the power of technology he read a Veteran's Day story to the students, which included his own two children. It was billed as an ordinary veteran's guest reader day at Overlook Elementary School in Linthicum.

Students headed to the cafeteria to wait for their guest. Little did they know that Staff Sgt. Tim Ott would read to them from 6,000 miles away in Afghanistan. His two children, Liberty and Tristan had front row seating.

"It was like whenever I saw him on the screen it was awesome," Tristan said.

The questions moved quickly from the flag to topics like food.

Ott told the audience he enjoyed pizza on Friday and said "The food is pretty good. I can't complain too much."

"I know. It's really cool because he likes to come up here and be with the kids, try to have lunch with them and Veterans Day is so important to us so this was huge for Tim. I think he was more excited than the kids," wife Malia Ott said.

Ott is serving his second tour in Afghanistan. He's due back home in six months.

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Friday was a special day at Overlook Elementary School. (Full story | video)